A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.18 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Friday. The 3.18-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:09:50 / 7:09 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0.5 km (0 miles). Event id: hv70271191. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70271191. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/06/18 / 2018-06-15 17:09:50 / June 15, 2018 @ 5:09 pm. Exact location, longitude -155.2786713° West, latitude 19.4153328° North, depth = 0.5 km.
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 40 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waimea, Kailua, Hōlualoa (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-seven, in the last 10 days three hundred and eighty-one, in the past 30 days seven hundred and twenty-nine and in the last 365 days one thousand and fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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